I used to believe I was busy. I would have periods where there was so much to do I would sit and do nothing because I couldn’t figure out what was most important. Those used to happen weekly.

I am getting more acclimated to having that happen virtually every minute I am awake and it appears to be working its way into my sleep. I have woken up, on many occasions, either redesigning the UI or practicing a killer new pitch in my head. I realized that the things that I focus on in my waking hours are the things that wake me up in the morning.

I am also getting better (slightly) at not being paralyzed by the overload. My schedule changes overnight and sometimes even that day. It is packed to the gills with mentors meetings, UI/UX (which stands for User Interface & User Experience) redesigns, closing a friends & family round of financing, closing the Techstars financing, figuring out what I need to do for the IEDA’s grant, working with lawyers on stock sales to get our cap table in order, elevator pitches, Demo Day pitch & presentation, researching new products, business development, getting banking “stuff” lined up, having payroll in place, and then a lot of other things sprinkled on top to fill in the cracks.

I list this stuff not so you can feel sorry for me, please don’t take it that way. I am one luck guy to be in this position and I know thousands of other founders would give their left…pinkie (keeping it PG) to switch places. Rather, I made this list so I can get a grip on all the stuff I have to do. It sort of forces you to focus on one thing, even if that one thing only lasts 2 minutes and then you are on to another thing.

It’s funny, this week a mentor of mine, Jim, COO of Orbotix (those cool Sphero robots) hooked me up with a couple people he thinks I should talk to. One of the guys founded (and sold to ebay) Red Laser. And instead of being all, “I will meet you anywhere, any time of day.” I have to hedge a little bit and explain that we can set something up, but I may have to change it pretty last minute. Not like me at all, but because meetings spring up all the time I have to make sure they realize that my calendar is not my own, at least for the next 2 weeks.

After the next two weeks, I should have a short but powerful list of mentors and then we meet/talk as often as we can and need to. Looking forward to that. ☺

Well, it is now 8:34 on Saturday July 26th 2014 and I have to go research some new products that have come through the system. So now I will switch from a reflective blogger to a sleuthy researcher. But not until I finish this one last senten…